Welcome to my website!
I've done story and design work for Pixar, Disney, Blue Sky, Laika and other companies, in contributions to feature films, live action video games, and commercials. Please take a look around, and thanks for visiting.
-Vi
Experience
2007-2011 LAIKA Entertainment
Story Artist » Responsible for drawing story beats, exploratory story drawings, and storyboarding to develop upcoming film projects.
2006-2007 Blue Sky Studios
Jr. Storyboard Artist » Conceived and illustrated story ideas for the upcoming feature, Horton Hears a Who. Participated in story
pitch meetings; worked with senior storyboard artists to flesh out sequences for the film.
2006 Pixar Animation Studios
Story Intern » Trained under artists from the Pixar Story Department; pitched several story assignments; watched old story reels;
attended director lectures and other classes to gain understanding of the process.
2005 Buena Vista Games
Undergraduate Associate » Conceptualized and developed video games for Disney. Responsibilities included creating and
executing storyboards, character designs, and concept designs.
2003 InterTrend Communications
Storyboard Artist » Storyboarded commercial spots for the 2003 Toyota Camry and 2003 Toyota Sienna.
Films
» The Belittled » Student film. CalArts Open Show entry.
» A Pair of Short Shorts » Student film. Open Show entry.
Skills
Illustration/Design Storyboarding Traditional Animation
Screenwriting Final Cut Pro Photoshop
Awards
» Walt Disney Scholarship (2004)
» 1st place winner » “Art of Discovery” Congressional Award (2001)
Education
2002 –- 2006 California Institute of the Arts »
Bachelor of Fine Arts » Major: Character Animation
2001 California Summer School of the Arts (CSSSA) Program » Animation
Vi-Dieu Nguyen earned a B.A. in Character Animation from the California Institute of the Arts in 2006. Upon graduation, he was selected to partake in Pixar's first story training program, under the guidance of such veteran professionals as Mark Andrews (head of story for Incredibles) and Jason Katz (head of story for Toy Story 3). After completing the program, he went to work as a story artist on Horton Hears a Who for Blue Sky Studios in New York.
Vi then went on to work as a story artist for LAIKA Entertainment (Coraline and the upcoming ParaNorman). As part of the story development team, he was responsible for drawing story beats, exploratory story drawings, and storyboarding to develop upcoming film projects for LAIKA.
